• The fifteenth Bookeof 



<iia;an(!therebefingiilargoodagainftthccough.TheTaiirinesinCah^^^ haveadevice to Q 

 conkd Pine-nut kernels, by Teething them in honey ; and being thus conditejthey call them A- 

 quiceli. ToconciudCj at the folcmnc andfeftivall games holden atlfthmusj they who win the 

 bcft prize^are woont to be crowned with a chaplet of the Pine* 



Chap, x i. 

 ^ Ofthe ,^nce, 



NExt to Pine apples/or big and largCjarc the Quinces^which we call Cotonca^the Greeks 

 Cydonca, becaufe they were firft brought out of Candie. Soheavie and maffie they be^ 

 that they bend the boughs to the ground as they hang upon the tree, and will not liiffer H 

 their mother to grow. 



Many kinds there be of Quinccs^to witjChryfomcla.of a colour inclining to gold^^ divided 

 bycertain cut lines. Secondly .there be the Quinces of our ownc country,and fo called : thefe be 

 whitcrj& of an excellent fmell.They alfo that come out of the realm of Naples^be highly eftee- 

 med.Nowtherebe alinaller fort of the famekind called Struchea [/.the Peare. quince] & thofe 

 doe caft a inorc odoriferous fmicll ; late they be ere they come to ripenefic or perfedion 5 where- 

 as contrariwife the grcene Quinces called Muftea^ be as haftie and foonc melow. Now if a man 

 doe graffe the great Quinces upon the Struthca^ the tree will bring foorth a kind of Quinces by 

 themfelves called Mulviana j and thefe ate the Qliinces alone of all other that may be eaten raw. 

 Infummejallthcfortof thefe are come now adaies to be entertained within the waiting or pre- j 

 fence chambers of our great perfonages , where men give attendance to falute themas they 

 come forth every morning; and in bed-chambersalfotheyarcto garnifh the images ftanding 

 about the beds head and fides. 



There are befidesfmall wild Quinces^ next to the Peare-quincc Struthca^ for pleafant and 

 odoriferous fmell 5 and they grow commonly in hedge-rowes. 



Moreover jas well Peaches as Pomegranats, notwithftanding they be of a divers kind ^ yet we 

 call Mala [/. Apples.] As for the Pomegranats,we have fpoken of nine forts of them in our trca- 

 tifeof their treesjand others in Affricke : and thefe arc f ull of certaine graines or k^elslyihg 

 enclofed under their rind 5 whereas Peaches haveinftead thereof, a grofie ftone or woodiefub* 

 fiance within the carnouspulpe of the fruit. To conclude, there be certaine Peares weighing a 

 poundj in regard of which poife and bigncffe that they beare,called they ate Libralia. . 



Chap. xii. 



"^Of the Peach J and fourekifids thereof t 



OF all Peachesjthe principall be thofe which are named Duracina, for the folidefubflance 

 of the meat within them. As for the French and Afiaticke Peaches, they beare the name 

 of the regions and nations from whence they come. This fruit ordinarily waxeth ripe af- 

 ter the fall of the leafe,or Autumne: but die Abricods are readie to be eaten in Summer. Thefe 

 have not been knowne full thirtic yeates, and at their firff comming up, were fold for Romane £ 

 deniers apeecetwhereoftherebetwo forts jSupcrnatia,which we have from thehigh countries, 

 and namely the SabinesjandPopularia, which grow common every where, Thefe fruits bee 

 harmle(Ie,and much defired of ficke folke : and for that they are in fuch requeft, there would be 

 given otherwhiles thirtie Seflerces for one of them 3 which is apricc as high as of any other fruit 

 whatfoever; whereat we may marvell the rathetjfor that there is not any fooner gone, and laffetji 

 lefle while than they: for being once gathered from the tree, they will not be kept above po 

 daies at the mofl^and therefore muft of necclTitie be fold and ^ent out of hand* 



Chap. xiii. 



^ of the Plum-tree y eleven kinds of theffJi M 



TOcomcnow to Plums, there is a world ofthem:fome of fundric colours, others blackc, 

 and fomeagaine wliitc. There be that are called Hordearia,becaufe they be ripe in bariey- 

 harvefl ; and fome there be of the fame colour,yet later ere they ripen,and bigger befides 5 



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